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Is the new Knoxville campus fully accredited based on the Harrogate one or will it be just like a brand new school and be in pre-accredation?
DO school proliferation never ceases to amaze me. Financial synergy for the home institution (LMU in this case), and just let the students assume all the risk. Here is the latest news release.
LMU-DCOM to Open Additional Location in Knoxville - Lincoln Memorial University
The thing that confuses me the most is the fact that rural Appalachia does not have a "primary care" shortage - it has a physician shortage PERIOD. This sudden shift to try to spew out primary care doctors in no way solves the fact that patients literally have to travel >1 hour on average in order to receive specialty care. What good does it do our patients to go see a primary care provider only to have to be referred out when many do not have the time or means to travel to their specialist appointments?
You’re not wrong about the shortage issue. But that rural primary care doc can recognize problems before they manifest as an acute event. Also, once the specialist >1hr away has done the work up and rule outs that the primary care doc can’t do and has arrived at a dx, the pt’s long term management can usually be handled by the pcp.The thing that confuses me the most is the fact that rural Appalachia does not have a "primary care" shortage - it has a physician shortage PERIOD. This sudden shift to try to spew out primary care doctors in no way solves the fact that patients literally have to travel >1 hour on average in order to receive specialty care. What good does it do our patients to go see a primary care provider only to have to be referred out when many do not have the time or means to travel to their specialist appointments?